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OU's Nichols, Dowell win individual NCAA gymnastics titles

Jeff Patterson
by Jeff Patterson
Published: Fri, April 20, 2018 9:37 PM Updated: Fri, April 20, 2018 9:52 PM

Maggie Nichols is an NCAA champion. Oklahoma teammate Brenna Dowell will come back to Norman with some hardware, too.

Nichols, an OU sophomore, won the NCAA all-around title Friday night in St. Louis with a score of 39.8125. She finished first in every category except the vault (9.9000, sixth). Nichols had a perfect 10 on bars, was first on beam with a 9.9500 and a 9.9625 on the flour routine.

Dowell, a junior, won the vault title at the NCAA Championships with a score of 9.9375.

The Sooners advanced to the Super Six with a top score of 198.0500. They'll compete with Florida, Utah, California, Washington and Kentucky for the team title Saturday.



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Oklahoma's Maggie Nichols prepares to compete on the uneven parallel bars during the NCAA college women's gymnastics championships Saturday, April 15, 2017, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Oklahoma's Maggie Nichols prepares to compete on the uneven parallel bars during the NCAA college women's gymnastics championships Saturday, April 15, 2017, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

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Jeff Patterson

Jeff Patterson is the sports editor of The Oklahoman. A native of Lexington, Kentucky, he allegedly once told his father on a childhood trip passing through Oklahoma that he would one day live there. He doesn't recall this, but he fulfilled that... Read more ›

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